roles that black actors turn down or rejected

[jackson35]

denzil regretted that shyt.

 

[Originalman]

Checked out notstarring.com, cool site

Roles turned down by Samuel Jackson:

Boogie Nights
Jackson turned down the role of Buck Swope.

Hotel Rwanda
Samuel L. Jackson turned down the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Don Cheadle

Roles turned down by Cuba Gooding Jr.:

Amistad
Cuba Gooding Jr. turned down the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Djimon Hounsou

Roles turned down by Ice Cube:

Forrest Gump
Ice Cube turned down the role of Bubba because he did not want to appear "stupid."
Actor who got the part: Mykelti Williamson

Glad ice cube turned that shyt down.

 

[OmegaK2099]

was this going to be a comedy of somesort.

I'm going to be busting off laughing the moment i see marlon in a leotard trying to be a super hero

aparently not, since he got paid for it, burton was dead ass about wanting bill murray for batman also, imagine if that happened

but it was way early in marlons career, so who knows, maybe he wouldnt be as over the top slapstick comedy as he is today

 

[nieman]

lol can you imagine the negative reaction if will smith would've played superman?

wtf was marlon wayans doing in a batman movie? What role was he going to be?

Robin

 

[g-ice]

Denzel turned down the lead (Clooney's role) in Michael Clayton because he wasn't sure about the first-time director (Tony Gilroy).

Damn, Denzel would have won an Oscar for that one.

 

[EffedUp]

Martin Lawrence won the role of "Pookie" for New Jack City but gave it up after mentor Robin Harris died.

 

[Reggie]

None of them were as good as the matrix and none of his characters as good as neo...He turned down The Matrix to do Wild Wild West

Not about how good they were in the grand scheme of things. How much money has he made off his movies is what really matters.

 

[FaTaL]

Dave Chappelle was either offered or in the running for Marlon Wayans part in Requiem For A Dream.

i cant see him playing that role, marlon killed it

 

[FaTaL]

lol can you imagine the negative reaction if will smith would've played superman?

wtf was marlon wayans doing in a batman movie? What role was he going to be?

robin i think

 

[FaTaL]

thankfully puffy turned down the role


of

 

[Big Boss]

 

[Big Boss]

thankfully puffy turned down the role


of

 

[notPsychosiz]

Martin Lawrence won the role of "Pookie" for New Jack City but gave it up after mentor Robin Harris died.

I didn't know this til a few weeks ago. Freeze Luv mentioned it on the 5150 show.
Robin Harris was dude that did Bebe's kids. I never knew he was Martain's mentor like that.

 

[TransJenner]

Chris Tucker becoming born again and turning down the Friday sequels.
Didn't Leo turn down a Godfather sequel or some shyt.

That's not why he hasn't joined Friday

He wants over 20 million for it , The whole "born again" thing is a front

 

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